To find out how public services in Derby and Derbyshire are performing visit the One Place website.  This is a new website that provides independent information on local issues in England. The site includes assessments of each area, the local public services on offer and a wide range of information on how these public services are performing. You can also discover how well local public organisations, such as councils and police forces work together to meet local needs. 

 

Derby City Council are consulting on their draft Options for the Core Strategy. This strategy looks at core development in Derby including roads, buildings and green spaces. 

 

There are two alternative approaches to the broad strategy that will guide the location of new development over the next 15 to 20 years:

 

Option A: Concentrating development in the urban area; and 
Option B: Regeneration with greenfield expansion.

 
The consultation paper also sets out options for a range of topic based policies, including affordable housing, employment land, retail policy and responding to climate change.  The consultation will end on the 31 March 2010.

 

For more information and to read the consultation papers please visit the DCC website. 

Derby City Council are holding a partnership stakeholder event to discuss the Derby Children and Young People's Action Plan for 2010 to 2011, entitled Next Steps.

 

Date:           Friday 5 March 2010
Time:          9:00 am to 3:30 pm
Venue:         YMCA, London Road - car parking spaces are limited at

                   the venue, however an overflow car park can be found

                   next door at HSS hire. 

 

In response to popular demand the programme will include:

 

A question and answer panel giving an opportunity to ask officers from across the Partnership questions about the Children's Trust and Children and Young People's Action Plan;
Outcome group activity; 
Targets and actions achieved, supported by evidence; and
New priorities for 2010 to 2011. 

 

If you would like to book a place, please email Sue Leyland  or call 01332 711243 by 19 February 2010.  
  

 

The Department of Health (DoH) has launched a consultation on Age Equality in Health and Social Care. The consultation focuses on preparing the NHS and social care in England for the age requirements in the Equality Bill that will affect the provision of services of public functions.

 

To read the consultation documents in full please visit the  Department of Health website The consultation closes on 15 February.

 

 

NAVCA and other third sector organisations have met with Angela Smith, Minister of State for the Third Sector,to discuss proposed changes to music licensing and the impact that this will have on third sector organisations.

 

The Government proposes that charities and voluntary and community groups should pay for a license when they play recorded music in their own premises. A lot of the media coverage of this issue concentrates on charity shops but it will also affect local groups and community centres.  NAVCA will be working with other organisations including NCVO and Community Matters on this issue. We will keep you informed of progress.

 

For more information visit the NCVO website.

 

The Department of Health is currently running a consultation on the proposals for regulations and guidance made under the Personal Care at Home Bill. Subject to the Bill's passage through Parliament, the intention is that councils will have to provide free personal care to those who meet the specified criteria. The impact of this is that they will have to provide care to some people who currently fund their own care and they will no longer be able to raise charges on the personal care element of care received at home for people who meet the criteria.

 

The consultation runs until 23 February. To read the consultation in full visit the Department of Health website.

 

 

Derby City Council is currently undertaking a review of sheltered housing needs and warden provision in Derby and has commissioned Peter Fletcher Associates to carry this out on their behalf.

 

As part of the review they want to find out from older people in Derby what their housing needs and aspirations are both now and in the future.  In order to do this they are aiming to consult with a wide range of older people through a variety of means including surveys and informal meetings.  They would welcome the opportunity to talk with any groups of older people that would like to be involved in this review process and in shaping future services for Derby.  The format of any meeting would be informal and takes about an hour.

 

Derby City Council is committed to ensuring that any future changes in the provision of sheltered housing and floating support services reflect the needs and aspirations of older people in the city and provide good value for money.

 

If you would like to find out more or want to invite them along to talk with your group please contact email Kath Cawdell or call 01332 227733.

 
Some information about the review can be found on the Derby City Council website.